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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 38: 1 July to 12 November 1802
Volume 38 opens on 1 July 1802, when Jefferson is in Washington, and closes on 12 November, when he is again there. For the last week of July and all of August and September, he resides at Monticello. Frequent correspondence with his heads of department and two visits with Secretary of State James M... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
Thomas Jefferson's Lives: Biographers and the Battle for History (Jeffersonian America)
by Gordon S. Wood • Andrew Burstein • Jon Meacham • R. B. Bernstein • Annette Gordon-Reed • Jan Ellen Lewis • J. Jefferson Looney • Brian Steele • Nancy Isenberg • Francis D. Cogliano • Joanne B. Freeman • Barbara Oberg • Christine Coalwell McDonald • Robert M. S. McDonald • Richard Samuelson • Herbert SloanWho was the "real" Thomas Jefferson? If this question has an answer, it will probably not be revealed reading the many accounts of his life. For two centuries biographers have provided divergent perspectives on him as a man and conflicting appraisals of his accomplishments. Jefferson was controversi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019